Tubular lantern.



A. L. EDWARDS.

TUBULAR LANTERN.

APPLIOATION FILED 1' Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

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APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 18, 1913.

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ALONZC L. EDWARDS, 0F WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO NI-IEELING' STAMPING COMPANY, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, A CORPORATION OF V] EST VIRGINIA.

TUBULAR LANTERN.

Application filed February 18, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALoNzo L. EDWARDS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Wheeling, in the county of Ohio and State of Test Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tubular Lanterns, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which' Figure 1 is a view partly in front elevation and partly in section of a lantern embodying my invention, the movable parts being shown in one position in full lines and in another position in dotted lines; Fig. 2 is a section on the line IL-II of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a side view showing the canopy and globe holder and globe in their tilted positions, a portion of the tubular frame being broken away; and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the canopy ring.

My invention has relation to tubular lan terns, and is designed to provide a lantern having means of simple and convenient character for raising and lowering the globe and globe holder relatively to the burner in lighting.

A further object of my invention is to provide a lantern having a canopy ringor member so arranged that it can be readily tilted to release the globe and allow the latter with its holder to be swung backwardly for convenience in removing the globe when desired.

The nature of my invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which I have shown the preferred embodiment thereof, and whlch will now be described, it being premised, however, that various changes can be made in the details of construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

In these drawings, the numeral 2 designates the oil-containing base of the lantern; 3 the tubes; and 4 the cold blast head with the interior of which the tubes communicate at their upper ends.

5 designates the usual globe support; 6 is the globe removably seated on the support; 7 are oblique guard wires for the globe; and 8 vertical guard wires therefor. The globe support 5 is hinged or pivoted to the crank 10 of an actuating shaft 11, whose Specification for Design.

Patented Dec. 34 1913. Serial No. 749,199.

bent ends are suitably journaled at 12 and 13 in brackets secured to the tubes 3. One end of the shaft 11 is bent to form an operating handle or crank 14. This operating handle or crank extends outwardly through an opening 15 in the bracket 16, and is designed to be sprung into engagement with one or the other of two notches 17 and 18 formed in said bracket for the purpose of holding the globe holder and globe in their respective raised and lowered positions.

The parts as thus far described do not in themselves constitute any part of my invention, hinged globe holders and actuating means of this character being old in the art. 19 designates a fixed chimney section, whose upper end is secured within the cold blast head 4 around the upper fixed chimney section 19, also within said head. 20 is another chimney section which is arranged to slide vertically on the chimney section 19, and which is prevented from dropping oii' the lower end of the section 19 by means of a flanged engagement of the parts as shown at 21. The sliding chimney section 20 is of a larger diameter than the section 19 and has a lower end portion 22 of still greater diameter, which loosely supports the canopy ring 23, within which the upper edge of the globe seats. This canopy ring has a suiticiently loose support on the telescoping chimney sect-ion 20 to permit the ring to be tilted to the position shown in Fig. 3. When tilted to this position, the globe holder and globe can be swung to the position also shown in Fig. 3, for the purpose of removing the globe. This can be effected without raising the globe holder and globe. This tilting of the canopy ring is against the tension of a spring wire 24:, which is secured to the front side of the canopy ring 23 with its free end portions extending underneath the upper portions of the vertical guard wires 8, which are secured at their upper ends within the canopy ring. For convenience in tilting this ring, it is provided with the thumb projection 26. As soon as this projection is released by the finger, the spring wire will return the ring to its normal position. To raise the globe holder and globe to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the crank 14: is disengaged from its upper holdmg notch in the bracket 15, and is pressed downwardly, thereby throwing the crank 10 to the position shown in dotted lines and raising the globe holder and globe, the canopy ring and telescoping chimney section 21 sliding freely upwardly on the fixed chimney section 18. By the provision of this telescoping chimney construction, I am able to get a maximum lift of the globe holder and globewith a fixed total height of lantern, and without the provision of springs in the head of the lantern of a nature to be injured by the heat.

It will be understood that instead of the particular form of crank actuating shaft which I have herein shown and described, any other suitable actuating means may be employed for raising and lowering the globe holder and globe.

What I claim is 1. A lantern having a tiltable canopy member, and spring means for normally holding the member in its non-tilted position; substantially as described.

2. A lantern having a fixed chimney section, a telescoping chimney section, and a tiltable canopy member loosely mounted on the telescoping chimney section together vmounted on the movable chimney section; substantially as described.

4:. A lantern having a depending fixed chimney section, another chimney section telescopically engaging the fixed chimney section, a canopy member tiltably supported on the movable chimney section, a vertically movable globe holder and globe, and

means for raising and lowering the globe.

holder and globe; substantially as described. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

ALONZO L. EDWARDS. Witnesses:

CHAs. AumN, M. B. BAILEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Iblte'iits, Washington, D; 0. 

